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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Eleven through Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the settlers hunt in Chapter 12?
(a) Duikers.
(b) Leopards.
(c) Goats.
(d) Guinea-fowl.

2. What did Kamau want the bwana to bring him from Nairobi?
(a) A piano.
(b) A watch.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A book.

3. What did the Kikuyu do if someone died inside a hut?
(a) They buried the person in the hut.
(b) They gave the hut to survivors.
(c) They burned the hut down.
(d) They moved the hut to another location.

4. What was the rumor about Lettice's marriage to an older man at 18?
(a) Her father lost her in a card game.
(b) She had been pregnant.
(c) Her father gave her away to advance in business.
(d) The man had threatened her family.

5. In the folktale, what resulted from the chameleon's failure to deliver God's message?
(a) The moon disappears each month.
(b) The dry season comes each year.
(c) Humans eventually die.
(d) The sun sets each day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What birds did Crawford and Elspeth observe doing a mating ritual?

2. What was Sammy's new wife's name?

3. Why did the warriors refuse to remove any more weeds?

4. Why did Mr. Roos kick Sammy?

5. What were Hereward and the Kikuyu hunting in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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